The heat is back: Evansville headed for a stretch of 90-degree-plus days | VIDEO

Meteorologist Michael Wilhite brings you a hot and humid work week forecast, with almost daily rain chances.

EVANSVILLE - Evansville's second prolonged heat wave — which will include the city's first official foray into the 90s of 2014 — will start today.

If reached, Monday's expected high temperature of 92 degrees will be the first time the mercury exceeded the 90-mark this spring, at least according to National Weather Service statistics. The temperature did reach 89 degrees three separate times during the area's first sweltering stretch of the year, which happened from May 26 to June 1. During that time period, the high temperature reached at least 85 degrees every day.

This time, daily high temperatures are expected to exceed 90 degrees each day through at least Thursday, according to the weather service forecast. Sunny to mostly sunny skies are also expected each day, though there is a slight chance for a rain shower on Thursday. The weather service is also cautioning that the heat and high humidity could lead to heat index readings in the area that approach triple digits on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon.

It has been much hotter this time of the year in the past though. The high temperature record for June 16 in Evansville is 101 degrees. That was reached in 1918, according to weather service statistics.

Tonight's low should dip to around the 70-degree mark, and Tuesday's high temperature is predicted to be about 93 degrees.